senatus consultum

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Senātūs cōnsultum Senātūscōnsultum senātūscōnsultum SC (abbreviation) s.c. (abbreviation) S.C. (abbreviation) === Etymology === From senātūs (genitive singular of senātus) +‎ cōnsultum, literally “a decree of the senate”. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sɛˈnaː.tuːs kõːˈsʊɫ.tũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [seˈnaː.tus konˈsul.tum] === Noun === senātūs cōnsultum n (genitive senātūs cōnsultī); second declension senatusconsult, a decree of the Senate ==== Declension ==== Indeclinable portion with a second-declension noun (neuter). === Further reading === “senatus consultum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press